ianitor

Latin

Etymology

From iānua (“front door, entrance”) +‎ -tor, from iānus (“arcade; covered passageway”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯aː.ni.tor/, [ˈi̯äːnɪt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈja.ni.tor/, [ˈjäːnit̪or]

Noun

iānitor m (genitive iānitōris); third declension

1. doorkeeper, doorman, porter
2. (anatomy) pylorus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iānitor	iānitōrēs
Genitive	iānitōris	iānitōrum
Dative	iānitōrī	iānitōribus
Accusative	iānitōrem	iānitōrēs
Ablative	iānitōre	iānitōribus
Vocative	iānitor	iānitōrēs

Related terms

• iānitrīx

Descendants

• English: janitor

References

• “ianitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers